Features
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Corsica Technologies: What Is Digital Transformation?
July 29, 2020
Digital transformation refers to the process of transforming business operations using digital technology. Digital Transformation is about changing the way a business interacts internally and with its customers and creating a process that ensures a consistent experience in a more efficient way. Digitizing business isn’t the same as digitally transforming a business. Moving a process or an activity from paper to a computer only changes the means of doing the task.
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Georgia Ports Sets Tonnage Record for FY2020
July 28, 2020
The Port of Savannah handled 4.44 million twenty-foot equivalent container units in Fiscal Year 2020, down less than 1 percent compared to the previous year. Despite COVID-19 disruptions, total tons crossing all GPA docks reached a record 37.77 million.
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Institute Helps Develop Key Tools for Georgia’s Broadband Mapping Project
July 28, 2020
Georgia’s new interactive maps of broadband internet availability utilize online tools the Institute of Government developed with state agencies and private service providers.
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Savannah’s J.E. Dunn Construction Takes to Facebook to Inform High School Students About Careers in the Trades
July 27, 2020
Savannah’s J.E. Dunn Construction is taking to Facebook this month as part of a series of social media events designed to teach students about careers in construction and the skilled trades. On July 28, J.E. Dunn Superintendent Laura Skellie will join the Construction Education Foundation of Georgia (CEFGA) in a Facebook Live discussion focused on “Building Your Talent Pipeline.”
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Chris Clark: The Call for Rural Resiliency
July 27, 2020
My Fitzgerald roots ground me and millions of other small-town Americans to a strong work ethic, value of family, and a deep-rooted faith. We believe in community and helping each other through the tough times. And we celebrate in parades and on back porches when things are good. Of course, those occasions often come from long battles and commitment.
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Corsica Technologies - Business Continuity: More than Back Ups
July 27, 2020
Business Continuity for many organizations ends with the implementation of one solution – a system backup. There are many types of system backups including file-based or imaged based, onsite, or offsite, daily or hourly. And system backups are a major factor in the success of a business’s recovery, but it is not the only component.
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Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger Hosts Small Business Recovery Tele-town Hall
July 27, 2020
Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger is pleased to announce his office’s fourth financial recovery tele-town hall titled, Rebuilding & Recovering Financially: A Path to Financial Recovery. The tele-town hall, will provide insight and advice for Georgia small business owners and entrepreneurs who are struggling during the current economic turmoil.
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Savannah’s Unemployment Rate Drops in June
July 24, 2020
Georgia Labor Commissioner Mark Butler said Thursday that Savannah’s unemployment rate decreased in June. Due to the effects of COVID-19, all MSAs continue to see stinted yearly growth, yet monthly gains in nearly all major sectors are beginning to spike.
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Film Productions Queuing Up in Georgia
July 24, 2020
Since our update earlier this year when the COVID-19 pandemic brought film and television to a virtual standstill, the Georgia Film Office and our partners have been hard at work on countless initiatives to keep our strong film industry in shape and supporting industry professionals and thousands of small businesses that fuel the TV and movie business in Georgia.
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Parker’s CFO Brian Prevatt Honored as a “Future Leader of Convenience” by Convenience Store News
July 23, 2020
Parker’s – an award-winning, nationally acclaimed convenience store company and food service leader known for having the cleanest stores in the industry – is delighted to announce that Chief Financial Officer Brian Prevatt, CPA, has been named a “Future Leader of Convenience” by Convenience Store News for his impressive professional achievements. Prevatt
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Registration Open for goBeyondProfit Forum: Creating a New Playbook for Leadership Communications
July 23, 2020
Georgia’s goBeyondProfit alliance will host a CEO-level Expert Forum, “Creating a New Playbook for Leadership Communications” via Zoom at 1 p.m. on July 28th.
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Governor Kemp Calls on Georgians to Do "Four Things for Four Weeks" to Stop COVID-19
July 22, 2020
Governor Brian P. Kemp and Georgia Department of Public Health (DPH) Commissioner Dr. Kathleen Toomey are calling on all Georgians to implement "Four Things for Four Weeks" into their daily routines to flatten the curve and slow the spread of COVID-19.
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Closed, but Not “Closed”: SBDC Helps St. Marys Business Thrive during COVID Shutdown
July 21, 2020
Cottle & Gunn in St. Marys, Georgia, closed its doors in April when the state’s shelter-in-place directives took effect. But the COVID-19 pandemic didn’t stop owner Deborah Cottle from doubling — then tripling — her sales from the previous spring, thanks to a creative outlook, a new online store, and some help from the UGA Small Business Development Center.
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Chris Clark: Reclaiming A Stronger, More Resilient Economy
July 20, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic and the recession it has caused have been described as unprecedented. It has introduced new terms into our common language such as “social distancing” and “elbow bumping”. Simply put, it’s made us rethink how we shop, worship, educate and interact.
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Leadership Southeast Georgia Seeks Nominations for 2021 Regional Program
July 17, 2020
Leadership Southeast Georgia (LSEGA) is seeking nominations for civic, nonprofit and business leaders across the 10-county Southeast Georgia region to join the 2021 class of its leadership program. The deadline to submit an application is Friday, Aug. 14th.
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Trio of Trustees to Chair 2021 Georgia History Festival
July 17, 2020
The Georgia Historical Society announced today that Frank Blake, retired Chairman and CEO of The Home Depot, Robert S. Jepson, Jr., Founder and CEO of Jepson Associates, Inc., and John Schuerholz, Vice-chairman emeritus of the Atlanta Braves will serve as the statewide Co-Chairs for the Georgia Historical Society’s 2021 Georgia History Festival.
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Corsica Technologies: Improving Business Efficiency Post COVID-19
July 17, 2020
While businesses are relieved knowing they may be able to open soon, they are challenged with how to do so safely and efficiently. Since many companies were forced to shut down operations for six+ weeks, they are looking to create efficiencies to help them thrive post quarantine. While we do not have all of the answers, we do have some suggestions on ways to improve business efficiencies in your organization and gain a competitive edge in light of the recent COVID-19 pandemic.
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Registration Open for goBeyondProfit Forum: Creating a New Playbook for Leadership Communications
July 16, 2020
Georgia’s goBeyondProfit alliance will host a CEO-level Expert Forum, “Creating a New Playbook for Leadership Communications” via Zoom at 1 p.m. on July 28, 2020.
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AT&T Invests Nearly $5.5 Billion Over Three-Year Period to Keep Georgia Connected
July 16, 2020
AT&T* is proud to have the nation’s best and also fastest wireless 12 network, as well as the largest network in North America. From 2017-2019, we invested nearly $5.5 billion in our wireless and wireline networks in Georgia to expand coverage and improve connectivity in more communities.
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Savannah Technical College Foundation Celebrates FY20, Announces New Members, Leadership for FY21
July 15, 2020
Savannah Technical College Foundation Board of Trustees celebrated accomplishments for the previous fiscal year, announced leadership changes, and welcomed new members to its board.
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Georgia Lottery Raises a Record $1.23B for HOPE and Pre-K
July 15, 2020
The Georgia Lottery Corp. today announced that fiscal year 2020 profits transferred to the State Treasury’s Lottery for Education Account amount to a record $1,237,345,246. This brings the total raised for education in the Georgia Lottery’s 27-year history to more than $22.3 billion.
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SBDC Helps Manufacturer Keep Business in Operation
July 14, 2020
When COVID-19 forced Peerless Manufacturing in southwest Georgia to shut down in March, employees had no way to know how long they might be out of work. It might have been for good.
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Forward Air Corporation Selects Savannah as First Market for Innovative New Business Model with the Introduction of Expedited Freight Service
July 13, 2020
Forward Air Corporation is executing a growth strategy that involves organic infrastructure investments as well as acquisitions of complementary businesses. Today, Forward announces that they will introduce their less-than-truckload (LTL) service to Savannah.
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CSU’s Leadership Institute Moves Forum 2020 to Virtual Format
July 10, 2020
Plans for The Forum, originally scheduled as an in-person event Aug. 24-25, 2020, have been updated. The event, hosted by the Leadership Institute at Columbus State University, will now be hosted online from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. each day the week of Aug. 24-28. The week-long virtual event will feature a blend of new addresses and recorded presentations, including some of its “greatest hits” from the past 14 years.
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Georgia Small Business Leaders Call for Community Support of Local Businesses
July 10, 2020
As Georgia small business owners and members of The National Small Business Association (NSBA) Leadership Council, we are urging all citizens of Georgia to be vigilant in supporting our community small businesses which are reeling from the impacts of COVID-19 and now widespread riots.